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KUB 17.28 (tlh:KUB 17.28)

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Designation	KUB 17.28
ID	tlh:KUB 17.28
Language	Hittite; Hattic
Genre	CTH 730

Transliteration (ATF)

From Thesaurus Linguarum Hethaeorum digitalis (TLHdig) Beta 0.3 · CC BY 4.0

Machine draft. The right-hand column is machine English from ixmon/atf-to-english (atf-en-t5base-H, 2026-10-17), generated line by line from the transliteration. It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.

Line	ATF	Machine English (draft)
Vs. I
1	[ma-a-a]n? {D}30-aš ša-ki-ia-az-zi nu-kán ša-ki-aš-ni	And he places the moon, and then ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
2	[ ] UN-an GUL-aḫ-zi nu ki-iš-ša-an i-ia-mi	... he turns, and thus he speaks:(lower confidence: line is broken)
3	[ ]-ma ki-i da-ga-an-zi-pa-an pád-da-aḫ-ḫi	... when he goes up, he carries it out.
4	[ ] ḫa-at-te-eš-ni an-da ŠAḪ-aš KAR-aš	... the ḫattēšni-vessel ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
5	[ -r]a-aš ša-ak-kar da-aḫ-ḫi	... he pours a libation.(lower confidence: line is broken)
6	[ ]x-da ŠAḪ.TUR ḫa-ad-da-aḫ-ḫa-ri	... a small pig, a ḫaddaharu-vessel
7	⸢ma-a-an⸣ TUR MUNUS nu ŠAḪ.TUR MUNUS da-aḫ-ḫi ma-a-an DUMU-uš	If the child of a woman and the baby of the woman are separated, when the son
8	nu ŠAḪ.TUR NÍTA da-aḫ-ḫi še-er-ra tar-ma-a-mi	And a small pig on the other side of the throne ...
9	7 {GIŠ}GAG ŠAAN.BAR 7 {GIŠ}GAG ŠAZABAR	7 bowls of šūr-wood, 7 pots of bronze.
10	7 {GIŠ}GAG ŠAURUDU NA₄-an-na a-aš-ki tum-me-ni	7 bowls of copper, a tummēnu-stone
11	nu É.ŠÀ-na-aš {GIŠ}IG ḫi-in-ku-wa-ni ma-a-an ku-wa-pí-it-ta	And in the inner chamber, on the door of the door, when the kuwapittu-vessel
12	ḫa-a-ši nu-za a-pu-u-un NA₄-an tum-me-ni nu pé-e-da-an	... he pours a libation, and he places the stone on the table.
13	tar-mi-iš-ka-u-e-ni	and the tarmīška-vessel
14	ša-pí-ik-ku-uš-ta-aš-ša URUDU-aš nu-uš-ša-an a-ta-an-ta	... and the copper vessel ...
15	ša-ku-iš-ši-it na-anše-er ḫu-i-nu-um-me-ni	He libates, and he places it on the table.
16	na-an tar-ma-a-u-e-ni ŠAḪ.TUR za-nu-wa-an-zi	They give a young goat to drink.
17	na-an EGIR-pa ú-da-an-zi nu-kán ku-wa-pí-it-ta	Afterwards they bring it, and then the kuwapīttu-vessel
18	ḫa-ap-pé-eš-ni te-pu da-aḫ-ḫi nu ták-na-aš {D}UTU-i	he pours a libation, and the Sun-deity ...
19	BAL-an-taḫ-ḫi nu ki-iš-ša-an te-mi pal-ḫi-i-in	... he libates, and thus he speaks:
20	wa-i-it-ka-ti-u tu-ḫu-ri-pa wa-tu-ḫa-aš-tu-ru-u
21	Ù NINDA.GUR₄.RA pár-ši-ia-mi	And he breaks the loaf.
22	ŠAḪ.TUR-an da-aḫ-ḫi na-an É.ŠÀ-na an-da pé-e-da-aḫ-ḫi	... he takes a small goat, and he brings it into the inner chamber.
23	na-an {MUNUS.MEŠ}SUḪUR.LÁ a-da-an-zi ḫa-aš-ta-e-ma	And they bring the female servants to the throne.
24	A-NAÉ MUḪALDIM pé-e-da-an-zi na-at ḫa-ap-pa-ri-ia-mi [ ]x-na-aḫ-ḫi EGIR-pa-ma	They go to the house of the cook. ... and ... again.
25	3 ⸢{NINDA}wa⸣-ge-eš-⸢šar⸣ še-er-ra-aš-ša-an GA.KIN.AG ki-it-ta	Three wageššar-breads, the lower one, a sour loaf of bread.
26	⸢1 ši-ig-ga-a-an ⸢KAŠ⸣.GEŠTIN 1 {DUG}ši-ig-ga-an	One bowl of wine, one vessel of wine
27	⸢wa-ak⸣-šur-ra-aš ⸢mar-nu⸣-wa-an na-an-ša-an lu-ut-ti-ia	And he places it in the wakšurra-vessel.(lower confidence: line is broken)
28	⸢A-NA⸣ DINGIR{MEŠ} BAL!-aḫ-ḫi ḫa-ak-mi-ia-aš-ša-an še-er	And to the gods of the cult center, to the ḫakmiyaš-shrine.
29	[]x-u-uš ḫal-zi-iḫ-ḫi	... he sings ...(low confidence: few signs survive)
30	[ ]x 3{KAM} NINDA.GUR₄.RA x-aš-ḫa-ne ki-an-da GIŠ.NÁ-aš	... the 3rd day, the loaf of bread ... and the bed ...
31	[ ]x iš-ḫi-ma-an-da ḫu-u-la-li-ia-mi	... he pours a libation ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
32	[ ]-aš GIŠ.NÁ-aš kat-ta-an ki-an-da ma-a-na-aš	... on the bed, on the lower side ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
33	[ ḫ]a-ša-an-da-ra-at ú-ga-az {KUŠ}la-a-na-an	... he places it on the throne.(lower confidence: line is broken)
34	[ ]x-ša-an še-er wa-aḫ-nu-uš-ke-mi	... he places it above ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
35	[ ḫu]-uk-ki-iš-ke-mi	... he libates ...(low confidence: few signs survive)
36	[ ]x úr-ḫa-nu-u ki-i-ip eš-[te-eḫ-k]u?-ni-el
37	[ ] iš-te-eḫ-ku-ni-[el ]
38	[ ki-ia]-⸢tu-u ki-i⸣-[ip ]x-x-x
39	[ ]-ku-ni-el
40	[ i]š-te-eḫ-ku-ni-el pa-la-a
41	[ i]š-te-eḫ-ku-ni-el
42	[ ] te-ši	... he takes ...(very low confidence: a guess)
43	G]U₄-up ḫe-er-ma-aḫ
44	[ ]-li-e-eš
45	[ ]x-u
46	[ ]x-ku"/>?-u
47	[ ]x ku-up
48	[ ]x
49	[ ]x
50	[ ]x-aḫ-ḫi-wa-u
51	[ t]e-ši	... he takes ...(very low confidence: a guess)
52	[ ]x-na-an
53	[ ](-)tu-uš-ḫa-pa-a-al
54	[ ]x-x-an-ni-u
55	[ ]x-iš?
56	[ ]
62′	[ ]x
Vs. II
1	ŠI-PÁT e-eš-ḫa-na-aš ma-a-an-za MUNUS-za x[	... he places it on the table, and the woman ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
2	nu e-eš-ḫa-ar-še-et a-ri-it-ta na-[	And he places it on the altar ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
3	ḫu-uk-mi ta-ḫa-aš-tu-uš tu-x[	... the taḫaštu-vessel ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
4	ka-a-ap-tu-u an-ta-ru pát-ta-pé-eš-x[
5	tu-ut-ḫa-aš-šu-u-ul le-e-ti-it
6	le-e-tu-u-mi-el 5-ŠU te-š[i]
7	ŠI-PÁT ḫu-wa-an-da-aš ma-a-an-za ḫa-a-ši na-aš x[	ŠIP-TÁT ḫuwanda ... and he ... ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
8	ḫu-un-za-ri-ia-et-ta na-an kiš-an ḫu-u[k-mi]	He places it on the throne, and he ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
9	{D}UTU-un te-e-pí-i-in ḫa-a-i-pa-la-tu-u
10	an-tu-u-ḫu te-e-pa-ša-aḫ-ḫu-ul an-tu-u-ḫu
11	te-e-ta-ap-taḫ-ḫu-ul an-ka-ḫu-uš-šu-u
12	še-e-et-pa-a-li-iš aḫ-ku-nu-u ta-a-ḫu-pé-e-et
13	ka-az-zu-ma-a-an-ne pa-la an-ka-ne-u-un-ni
14	pu-ú-le-e ta-a-i-it ni-im-ḫu-tu-un
15	un-tu-uk-⸢zu?⸣ za-nu-ú za-te-e-ka-aš KI.MIN
16	ḫa-te-e-nu(-)[ ] un-tu-nu-u tu-un-te-eš-tu-u-uš
17	te-e-tu-mu-nu-uḫ-za te-e-le-e-la-an
19	{D}UTU-nu-na-aḫ
20	⸢te?-e-pí-i-in ḫa-a-i-pa-la-tu an-tu-u-ḫu⸣
21	⸢ki?-ip-taḫ-ḫu-ul⸣KI.MIN
22	⸢an?-ka-aḫ-ḫu-uš-šuše-e-et-pa-li-iš aḫ-ku-nu-u⸣
23	⸢ta?-ḫu-pí-i-itka-az-zu-ma-a-an-ne⸣! pa-la
25	[]x MUNUS-un un-tu-uk-zu pa-la ḫu-nu-u-ḫa-te-ka-aš
26	[ ]-e-eḫ an-tu-nu-u tu-un-te-eḫ-tu-uš
27	[ ]x-mu-mu-un te-e-tu-le-e-la-an
28	[ ]x-aš taḫ-pa i-me-e ḫa-ta-a u-zu-uḫ
29	[ ]x-un-ni mi-ta-a eš-šu-um ku-úr-ta-pí-i-en
30	[ ]x-ma za-a-ka-aš-ša te-me-im-ma za-ap-ku-tu-e-ez-za-aš-ta
31	[ ]x uš-ka-aš-ši ka-az-zu-za-ma-a ta-ḫu-pí-i-it
32	[ -i]n-nu-u ta-a-at
Rs. III
18	ma-a-an {D}30-aš š[a]-ki-ia-az-zi nu SISKUR	When the moon stands, and the sacrifice
19	ma-aḫ-ḫa-an i-[i]a-mi 1 RI-MA-AN-NI {D}⸢10?-i?⸣	... before ... one ... of the Storm-god ...
20	BAL-an-za-ke-e[z]-zi	BAL-anza-kēzi(lower confidence: line is broken)
21	nu a-pa-a-at SISKUR i-[ ]x-x-x-aš ku-e-da-n[i?]	And the opening of the sacrifice ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
22	GE₆-ti ša-ki-ia-zi nu a-pé-e-da-ni GE₆-ti [ ]	he places the night, and before the night ...
23	Ú-UL ku-it-ki i-en-zi ma-a-an I-NAUD 2{KAM} [ ]	They do not eat together, but when the second time ...
24	na-aš-ma I-NAUD 3{KAM} na-aš-⸢ma UD⸣ 4{KAM} i-en-zi	And he performs the offering on the 3rd day and on the 4th day.
25	nu Ú-UL ku-it-ki du-ug-ga-ri	And he is not a slanderer.
26	nu ki-i da-an-zi 3 GU₄.MAḪ ku-e-eš-ša-an	And they take three oxen.
27	nu A-NA⸢AMAR?.ÁB?⸣ iš-ki-ša na-a-wi₅ pa-a-an-te-eš	And to Maraš-aḫi, the nawi-priestess, the pānte-priests,
28	18 ⸢UDU.ŠIR⸣ ku-iš-ša-an A-NAUDU.SÍG+MUNUS	18 sheep, together with the female harpist.
29	iš-ki-ša na-a-wi₅ pa-a-an-te-eš 3 {NINDA}na-aḫ!-ḫi-ti-iš	Afterwards, the nawi-offering, three nahḫiti-breads
30	ŠA3 UP-NI 19 NINDA.GUR₄.RA{ḪI.A} ŠA1 UP-NI 30 NINDAKU₇{MEŠ}	... 19 loaves of bread ... ... 30 sweet loaves ...
31	1 PA ZÌ.DA ŠE 1 ½ PA AR-DU {GIŠ}pu-ra(RASUR)-ši DI-NA-AN	One pānu of flour from the house, one ½ pa of barley from the threshing floor he takes.
32	3 UP-NU MUN 6 NA-MA-AN-DU LÀL 6 NA-MA-AN-TUM Ì.NUN	3 UP-NU, salt, 6 ... 6 ....
33	6 NA-MA-AN-DU Ì.GIŠ IN-⸢BI⸣{ḪI.A} {GIŠ}PÈŠ {GIŠ}GEŠTIN ḪÁD.DU.A	6 ... of oil, the ...s of the wood, the wine, the offering ...
34	{GIŠ}SE₂₀-ER-DUM ku-it-ta 6 ⸢UP-NU⸣ 6 NA-MA-AN-DU GEŠTIN	a table, six crouching, six vessels of wine,
35	6 {GIŠ}BANŠUR AD.KID-ia	6 tables for the cult daises
36	i-en-zi-ma ki-iš-ša-an {GIŠ}ZA.LAM.GAR{ḪI.A} ma-a-an	he takes, and instead of the cult statues he ...
37	dam-mi-li pé-di ma-a-an-kán {GIŠ}TIR-iš-ni	The dammili-priestess goes, and when in the forest
38	an-da tar-na-an-zi	they stand with him.
39	na-aš-ta {GIŠ}ZA.LAM.GAR-aš an-dur-za 3 GUNNI{ḪI.A} GIŠ{ḪI.A}-aš	And the cult statue of Andurza, three talents of wood
40	ḫar-ap-pa-an-zi nu ku-e-da-ni-ia A-NAGUNNI	They libate, and the kudāniya-offerings for the banquet
41	EGIR-an kiš-an ḫa-an-da-a-an 3 {GIŠ}BANŠUR AD.KID	Afterwards, on the throne, three tables of AD.KID.
42	ti-an-zi nu-uš-ša-an A-NA{GIŠ}BANŠUR 1 {NINDA}na-ḫi-ti-in	They place it on the table, and one loaf of bread
43	6 NINDA.GUR₄.RA ŠA1 UP-NI 10 NINDA.SIG{MEŠ} 3 SA₂₀-A-TU₄	6 loaves of bread of ..., 10 fine breads, 3 ...
44	ZÌ.DA ŠE 3 SA₂₀-A-TU₃ PA {GIŠ}pu-ra-a-ši DI-NA-A-AN	he pours flour from the hand, three times, on the table.
45	1 UP-NU MUN 2 NA-MA-AN-DU LÀL 2 NA-MA-AN-TUM Ì.NUN	One salt bowl, two ..., one ... of butter oil.
46	1 NA-MA-AN-DU Ì.GIŠ IN-BI{ḪI}.⸢{A}⸣ {GIŠ}PÈŠ	If a man pours oil on the table.
47	{GIŠ}GEŠTIN ḪÁD.DU.A {GIŠ}SE₂₀-ER-DUM ku-it-ta 2 [UP-NU]	... wine of the libation vessel, a stag-dove, two ...
48	2 NA-MA-AN-DU GEŠTIN 1 GU₄.MAḪ 6 UDU ŠI[R	2 ... of wine, 1 bull, 6 sheep ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
49	{GIŠ}NUNDUM-ia ḫa-an-da-an-[zi]	They place it on the table(lower confidence: line is broken)
50	nu-kán da-a-an GUNNI Ù 3 GUN[NI	And he places it on a throne and three thrones.
51	A-NAMAḪ-RI-I GUNNI ḫa-an-d[a-	... he pours a libation of wine ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
Rs. IV
1	]
2	]
3	]x-ka	your ...(low confidence: few signs survive)
4	]x {D}30	... Sin(low confidence: few signs survive)
5	]x-a-ša
6	]x-nu-um-ma	... and(very low confidence: a guess)
7	]x ḫar-ak	... he pours.(very low confidence: a guess)
16	]x
17	-š]i-i	... he(very low confidence: a guess)
18	{GI]Š}NUNDUM	the scepter(low confidence: few signs survive)
19	]x
20	-z]i
21	GU]NNI{ḪI.A}	... oxen ...(low confidence: few signs survive)
22	]-ti
23	{UZU}ŠÀ{ḪI.A}	the livers
24	ku-i]t-ma-an-ma	... instead(lower confidence: line is broken)
25	] da-a-an	... he takes ...(low confidence: few signs survive)
26	]-ti
27	]-da-an-zi	they take(low confidence: few signs survive)
28	GIG{ḪI.A}	sick people
29	d]a?-a-i	he takes ...(low confidence: few signs survive)
31	QA-TAM-MA-pát me-ma-i	He speaks as follows:
32	U]ZU?-ia i-en-zi	he takes my flesh(lower confidence: line is broken)
33	]x
34	]x {G[I]Š}?NUNDUM	... a cup(low confidence: few signs survive)
35	i]š-ḫu-u-wa-i	he pours ...(low confidence: few signs survive)
36	GUNNI
37	pa-ra-a ⸢la-a-ḫu-u-wa-i⸣ [ ]x	... he takes ...(low confidence: few signs survive)
38	GA UDU ti-ia-zi {D}30-ia x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x[ ]x-zi	He takes a sheep's milk and places it before Sîn.
39	⸢GIM⸣-an-ma-aš-ša-an TU₇ UZU a-ri nu-za LUGAL-uš a-da-an-na e-š[a?]	Afterwards, he libates a libation of meat, and the king gives it to him.
40	nu-⸢uš⸣-ši TU₇ UZU ti-an-zi nu LUGAL-uš TU₇ UZU ⸢e-ez-za-zi⸣	And he places a libation of meat, and the king libates.
41	nu {D}30 4-ŠU ⸢e-ku-zi⸣ nu LUGAL-uš a-ap-pa-i	And the moon drinks four times, and the king libates.
42	aš-nu-ma-aš-ma ki-i da-an-zi 6 {NINDA}a-a-an 2 NINDA.GÚG 2 NINDA.KU₇ 1 DUG KAŠ	When they take 6 ayan-breads, 2 loaves of bread, 2 sweet breads, 1 vessel of beer,
43	1 {DUG}ḫu-up-pár GEŠTIN-ia	1 jar of wine
44	a-aš-zi-ma-kán ku-it ḫa-aš-du-e-er na-at ar-ḫa wa-ar-nu-wa-an-zi	And he places it on the throne, and they bow down.
45	ma-a-an ÉRIN{MEŠ.ḪI.A} IŠ-TU{LÚ}KÚR ḫu-ul-⸢li⸣-an-ta-ri	When the troops from the enemy's army are killed,
46	nu SÍSKUR EGIR ÍD kiš-an ḫa-an-da-an-zi nu EGIR ÍD	And they perform a ritual after the river. And afterwards the river
47	UN-an MÁŠ.GAL UR.TUR ŠAḪ.TUR iš-tar-na ar-ḫa ku-ra-an-zi	Afterwards, they libate to the mare, the lion, and the pig in the courtyard.
48	nu ke-e-ez MAŠ{ḪI.A} ti-ia-an-zi nu ki-i-iz-zi-ia MAŠ{ḪI.A} ti-ia-an-zi	And they give the mašḫi-offerings, and they give them to the kiniya-offersings.
49	pé-ra-an-ma {GIŠ}ḫa-at-tal-ki-iš-na-aš KÁ.GAL-aš i-ia-an-zi	Before the ḫattalkišna-vessels, they go to the gate.
50	nu-uš-ša-an ti-ia-mar še-er ar-ḫa ḫu-it-ti-ia-an-zi	And he places it on the ground, and they take it away.
51	nam-ma KÁ.GAL pé-ra-an ke-ez-za pa-aḫ-ḫu-ur wa-ar-nu-wa-an-zi	And they go to the gate behind the gate.
52	ke-ez-zi-ia pa-aḫ-ḫu-ur wa-ar-nu-wa-an-zi	They go up to the throne.
53	nu-kán ÉRIN{MEŠ} iš-tar-na ar-ḫa pa-⸢an-zi⸣ GIM-an-ma-aš-kán	And the troops of the Ištar-god are seated before him.
54	ÍD-an ta-⸢pu-ša⸣ a-ri nu-uš-ma-aš-kán wa-a-tar	He pours a libation; he takes the water, and he turns.
55	ša-ra-a pa-ap-pár-aš-kán-zi EGIR-an-da-ma-za gi-im-ra-〈aš〉	They libate. Afterwards, he libates.
56	SÍSKUR i-en-zi gi-im-ra-aš GIM-an SÍSKUR iš-ša-an-zi	They perform the ritual. All the rites are performed as before.
57	6 ŠI-PAT QA-TI ma-a-an-na DINGIR{MEŠ}-aš ša-ki-ia-az-zi	Six times he places it before the gods.
58	ma-a-an-na ÉRIN{MEŠ} {LÚ}KÚR-aš ḫu-ul-li-ia-az-zi	And the troops of the cult wrestler
59	ŠU {M}SA₅-a-pa-la	Hand of Ša-apla

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Thesaurus Linguarum Hethaeorum digitalis (TLHdig) Beta 0.3 · CC BY 4.0 · Müller, G., Prechel, D., Rieken, E., Schwemer, D. (2026). TLHdig Beta Version 0.3. Zenodo. doi:10.5281/zenodo.20328284

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